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What Do You Meme?

Meme instead of combining

A game for the social media generation who of course knows what a meme is - but basically, we find something old and proven in a new wrapping - today you call it to meme, short and memorable, formerly we named it combining, interpreting, commenting, whatever.

The game features photo cards and text cards; each player is dealt seven text cards. The player with the most Instagram followers is the first judge and selects a photo card which is put on the small easel so that all players can see it properly. Each player now decides which of his seven text cards fits the photo card best or makes the  pithiest comment, or whatever. You hand the card to the judge, who shuffles them and then reads them, laying them out openly. Then the judge decides, which combination of photo and text he likes best. Whoever played the text card wins the round and receives the photo card for a point. If someone accrues 20 points, you win with most points.

There are bonus rules for use with those basic rules: If you are dealt a freestyle card at the start of the game, all players discard their text cards and must come up with a text of their own, you can write it or simply name it; or you can swap a previously won photo card for seven new text cards. You can also use your own photos. Very callous or bawdy cards have been marked with 18+, you can remove them before the start of the game or, if the group is so minded, can play only with this cards.

As often stated, established and well-used is usually good, and that’s the case here, too - the mechanism is old, the name is modern and the texts are, well, social media.

Players: 3+

Age: 18+

Time: 90+

Designer: Ballas, Kaplan, Tebele

Artist: not named

Price: ca. 28 Euro

Publisher: HUCH! 2019

Web: www.hutter-trade.com

Genre: Communication, party

Users: With friends

Special: Many players

Version: de

Rules: de en es nl

In-game text: yes

Comments:

New name for an old principle

Familiar mechanism

Includes cards with 18+ marking

Very studious allusions to social media

Compares to:

All games with judging statements/texts etc.

Other editions:

The Toy Company Argentina (es), Selfpublished (en), Megableu (nl)

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 3

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 3

Interaction (brown): 0

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0